U.S. Navy Aircraft History

Revised 14 May 2021 to add more information about the F4D Skyray The statement that the F8U/F-8 Crusader was the first is in the subtitle of...

If you're considering buying this book—and you really should if you have any interest in carrier-based airplanes—note the subtitle. I...

I have a soft spot for unappreciated or much maligned aircraft as you could tell from the subjects of most of my monographs, i.e. soft-cover...

One of the options after World War II that the U.S. Navy considered for the defense of the carrier against incoming bombers was the deck-lau...

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In the process of doing some fact checking on the operation of the F-4 Phantom by the Blue Angels, I discovered that many of the online a...

In early 1953, Lockheed proposed its Model L-242 in response to the Navy's requests for proposals meeting its Outline Specification 130....